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It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of the needle than for a rich man to read more
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of the needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God.
There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at
rest.
There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at
rest.
To appreciate heaven well
'Tis good for a man to have some fifteen minutes of hell.
To appreciate heaven well
'Tis good for a man to have some fifteen minutes of hell.
Now he [Nebridius] lives in Abraham's bosom.
[Lat., Nunc ille vivit in sinu Abraham.]
Now he [Nebridius] lives in Abraham's bosom.
[Lat., Nunc ille vivit in sinu Abraham.]
Eye hath not seen it, my gentle boy!
Ear hath not heard its deep songs of joy;
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Eye hath not seen it, my gentle boy!
Ear hath not heard its deep songs of joy;
Dreams cannot picture a world so fair--
Sorrow and death may not enter there;
Time doth not breathe on its fadeless bloom,
For beyond the clouds, and beyond the tomb,
It is there, it is there, my child!
If I ever reach heaven I expect to find three wonders there: first, to meet some I had not thought read more
If I ever reach heaven I expect to find three wonders there: first, to meet some I had not thought to see there; second, to miss some I had expected to see there; and third, the greatest wonder of all, to find myself there
Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.
Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.
Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.
Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.